Rate My Professor Ruitao Feng

Dr. Ruitao Feng serves as a Lecturer in IT (Cybersecurity) within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University, located at the B5.22 office on the Gold Coast campus. He earned his PhD from Nanyang Technological University in 2021 and his Bachelor of Science degree from Tianjin University in 2014. Feng's academic interests lie in security and quality assurance for software-enabled systems, emphasizing AI4Sec and software engineering techniques. His research specifically addresses learning-based intrusion and anomaly detection, recognition of malicious behaviors in malware, and detection of code vulnerabilities. His scholarly outputs appear in prestigious venues ranked CORE A/A* and CCF A in the fields of computer security and software engineering.

Feng has authored or co-authored several influential publications demonstrating his expertise. Key works include "A Performance-Sensitive Malware Detection System Using Deep Learning on Mobile Devices" (2020), "Deep Learning for Coverage-Guided Fuzzing: How Far Are We?" (2022), "A Comprehensive Study on Quality Assurance Tools for Java" (2023), "Comparison and Evaluation on Static Application Security Testing Tools" (2023), and "Malicious behavior detection for IoT malware with multi-label heterogeneous graph attention networks" (2024). These contributions highlight his impact in malware analysis, fuzzing, and quality assurance tools. At Southern Cross University, he teaches a range of courses including INFO6002 Cybersecurity Essentials, ISYS1003 Cybersecurity Management, ISYS6002 Advanced Cybersecurity, COMP2004 Systems Security and Operation, DATA2001 Database Systems, ISYS3001 Managing Software Development, and PROG6001 Managing Software Development Projects. He also holds the role of Deputy Academic Integrity Officer for the Faculty of Science and Engineering and participates in research clusters such as ZeroWaste and Harvest to Health, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals.